Product Lifecycle Update – September 2021

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Find out what’s new, what’s coming, and what’s going in our latest product life cycle report.

Sep 13 2021 By

What’s New

Sophos Wireless

The license enforcement for Wireless will be removed from Sophos Central in October. You will see a final order date for all Central Wireless Standard subscriptions in the upcoming price list.

You can continue to use the global 100% discount code GLOBAL_CWIFI_FREE for termed licenses until the changes have been implemented. Read more

XGS Series Accessories

With the next price list (2021-3.0), two new Fiber Bypass Flexi Port modules will be available for XGS Series rackmount appliances:

  • 2 Port 1G fiber (LC) bypass + 4 Port 1G SFP (for all 1U/2U rackmount models)
  • 2 Port 10G fiber (LC) bypass + 4 Port 10G SFP+ (for XGS 5500/6500 only)

New PoE Injector

A new 802.3at PoE Injector has been introduced which conforms with the new UL/EN/IEC 62368-1 safety norm and should be used in all future opportunities.

802.3at (PoE+) injectors can be used with all Sophos Access Points and are backwards compatible with 802.3af (PoE). Read more

 

Going Soon

  • Sophos Mobile as a Service
    The EOL is September 30, 2021 – the migration path will be Sophos Mobile managed in Sophos Central.
  • Sophos Dynamic DNS service
    The EOL is January 31, 2022 – Sophos Firewall continues to support a number of other Dynamic DNS providers that customers can utilize for this service.
  • Final Renewal:  XG 85(w), 105(w)
    License extensions must not go beyond the EOL date which is August 17, 2022. Read more
  • PureMessage for Exchange
    The EOL will be June 30, 2023 – there is no migration path.
  • PureMessage for Unix
    The EOL will be June 30, 2023 – the migration path is Sophos Email.
  • Sophos Email Appliance 
    The EOL will be June 30, 2023 – the migration path is Sophos Email.
  • Endpoint Protection, Server Protection and Enterprise Console products (standalone or managed on premises)
    The EOL will be July 20, 2023 – the migration path is Intercept X Advanced or Intercept X Advanced for Server
  • Sophos Mobile (managed on premises)
    The EOL will be July 20, 2023 – the migration path will be Sophos mobile managed in Sophos Central.
  • SafeGuard Enterprise
    The EOL will be July 20, 2023 – the migration path will be Sophos Central Device Encryption.

Abbreviation index: EoS = End of Sale, EoL = End of Life

Additionally, check out our Sophos Product Lifecycle page and Upcoming Training Courses.

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.